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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 19, said he decided against including Vice President Leni Robredo in the Cabinet because he does not trust her. “Ang problema ko kay Robredo… Marami na siyang pinagsasabi. If that is the way her mouth behaves there can be no position for her,” the President said. Robredo has been vocal about the government’s war on drugs. Earlier, she figured in a video where she criticized the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has given the assurance the two Cabinet members who were linked to corruption would be given due process. “If you are corrupt, kasi ipapatawag kita dito sa opisina and we will have a one-on-one talk. Kasi kung meron, I’ll fire you. Sigurado ‘yan,” Duterte said, without giving names. He said he has already seen the briefer on the two officials, but said he has yet to see the result […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night directed Agriculture Secretary William Dar to suspend all rice importations, and to instead buy all the palay or rice harvested by the country’s farmers. Duterte said that the Department of Agriculture should buy all the palay of the country’s farmers at farmgate prices even if this would mean using up funds that would exceed the allocation for this. This is because he wants to support […]
(Eagle News)–Signal No. 3 remains hoisted over portions of Cagayan as Typhoon “Ramon,” which has made landfall in Santa Ana, continues to move inland. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Signal No. 3 remains hoisted over the northern portion of the province, particularly in Santa Praxedes, Claveria, Sanchez Mira, Pamplona, Abulug, Ballesteros, Aparri, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Gonzaga, Santa Ana, Allacapan, Lal-lo, Gattaran, Lasam, Baggao, Alcala, and Santo Niño. Signal No. […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte explained that he decided not to appoint Vice-President Leni Robredo as a cabinet member because he believed doing so would “jeopardize” the country’s state secrets. Speaking late Tuesday night, Nov. 19, Duterte said that he is not allowing state secrets to be known by Robredo, and that she could have access only on a “need to know basis” to certain confidential information on the anti-illegal drug war. The President […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 19, said he was banning the use and importation of e-cigarettes. The President made the announcement during a late-night press conference that was broadcast online. “Vaping is also dangerous, I am banning it. If you are smoking now, you will be arrested,” Duterte said. “Let us stop it. I am ordering the law enforcement agencies to arrest anybody vaping in public,” he added. The President made the announcement […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Ramon” has maintained its strength as it approached the Babuyan Group of Islands on Tuesday night. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Signal No. 3 remained hoisted over the northern portion of Cagayan (Santa Praxedes, Claveria, Sanchez Mira, Pamplona, Abulug, Ballesteros, Aparri, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Gonzaga, and Santa Ana) as “Ramon,” estimated at 120 km east of Calayan, Cagayan, was forecast to make landfall over the Babuyan Islands between […]
(Eagle News) — For the first time, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano faced the Senate budget hearing and defended the P50-million cost of the so-called “golden cauldron” built for the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Cayetano, co-chairman of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC), the private group which is handling preparations Philippine hosting of the SEA Games this year, insisted that the SEA Games cauldron which was designed by the late National Artist […]
(Eagle News)–“Ramon,” now a typhoon, remains stationary as it approaches the Babuyan Islands. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Signal No. 3 remains hoisted over the northern portion of Cagayan (Santa Praxedes, Claveria, Sanchez Mira, Pamplona, Abulug, Ballesteros, Aparri, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Gonzaga, and Santa Ana). Signal No. 2, on the other hand, is up over Batanes, Apayao, Kalinga, Abra, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and the rest of Cagayan, while […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo made “missteps” that made President Rodrigo Duterte change his mind about making her a part of the Cabinet, the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 19. “The Vice President talking with – and seeking the advice of – certain foreign institutions and personalities that have prejudged the campaign against illegal drugs as a violation of human rights, as well as a crime against humanity, did not sit well with […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo should be given a list of high-value targets in the drug war, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Tuesday, Nov. 19. In an interview over CNN Philippines, Lacson said the list of HVTs, after all, was “basic information.” “Kung hindi niya alam ang nasa HVT list, how could she proceed in the first place?” he said. He said it was “valid” for members of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs to […]
(Eagle News)–Over 5000 passed the recently held Agriculturist Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission said. The 5538 represents 41.04 percent of the 13492 who took the exam in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga this November. Paul John Maningas Pangilinan of the Central Luzon State University topped the exam with a rating of 89.67 percent. The PRC said registration for the issuance of a professional identification card and Certificate […]
